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Run idnits with the --verbose option for more detailed information about the items above. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 INTERNET-DRAFT E. Hoffman 2 Merit Network, Inc. 3 L. Jackson 4 NASA 5 October 1992 6 Expires: April 1993 8 FYI on Introducing the Internet-- 9 A Short Bibliography of Introductory Internetworking Readings 10 for the Network Novice 12 Status of this Memo 14 This document is an Internet Draft. Internet Drafts are working 15 documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its Areas, 16 and its Working Groups. Note that other groups may also distribute 17 working documents as Internet Drafts). 19 Internet Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six 20 months. Internet Drafts may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by 21 other documents at any time. It is not appropriate is use Internet 22 Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as a "working 23 draft" or "work in progress." 25 Please check the Internet Draft abstract listing contained in the 26 IETF Shadow Directories (cd internet-drafts) to learn the current 27 status of this or any other Internet Draft. 29 This INTERNET-DRAFT provides information for the Internet community. 30 It does not specify an Internet standard. It will expire before 31 March 1993. 33 Abstract 35 This bibliography offers a short list of recent information resources 36 that will help the network novice become familiar with the Internet, 37 including its associated networks, resources, protocols, and history. 38 This FYI RFC includes references to free sources of information 39 available on-line as well as more formal publications. A short 40 section at the end includes information for accessing the on-line 41 files. This FYI is intentionally brief so it can be easily used as a 42 handout by user services personnel. 44 Acknowledgements 46 This document is based upon the work of the the User Documents 47 Working Group in the User Services Area of the Internet Engineering 48 Task Force (IETF). 50 Bibliography of Introductory Readings 52 The following list includes a number of sources for learning about 53 the Internet. If you have more questions about the Internet, the 54 best source of information is your network service provider. For 55 those interested in finding out about getting Internet connectivity, 56 the books listed will help you locate a network service provider. 58 Items with an asterisk (*) are available at no charge on-line on the 59 Internet--see the final section for information on how to obtain 60 these. 62 1a. Introductory Papers 64 * Kehoe, Brendan P. (1992) "Zen and the Art of the Internet: 65 A Beginner's Guide to the Internet," (first edition) 95 p. 67 * Malkin, G. and A. Marine. (1992) "FYI on Questions and 68 Answers: Answers to Commonly Asked 'New Internet User' 69 Questions," 32 p. (RFC 1325/FYI 4). 71 1b. Introductory Books 73 Kehoe, Brendan P. (1993) Zen and the Art of the 74 Internet: A Beginner's Guide, (second edition) 112 p. 75 Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. 77 Krol, Ed. (1992) The Whole Internet User's Guide and 78 Catalog, 400 p. O'Reilly & Assoc., Inc. Sebastopol, CA. 80 LaQuey, Tracy & Jeanne C. Ryer. (1992) The Internet Companion: 81 A Beginner's Guide to Global Networking. Addison-Wesley, 82 Reading, MA. 84 SRI International. (1992) Internet: Getting Started, 85 318 p. SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave., Rm. 86 EJ291, Menlo Park, CA 94025. 88 2. Internet services and resources 90 * Martin, J. (1991) "There's Gold in them thar Networks! 91 or Searching for Treasure in all the Wrong Places," 27 p. 92 (RFC 1290/FYI 10). 94 * Merit Network, Inc. (1992) "Cruise of the Internet" 95 (Macintosh based tutorial). Merit Network, Inc. Ann 96 Arbor, MI. 98 Metz, Ray (1992) Directory of Directories on the 99 Internet, 175 p. Meckler, Westport, CT. 101 * NSF Network Service Center. (1992) "Internet Resource 102 Guide." NSF Network Service Center, Cambridge, MA. 104 3. Internet networks 106 Frey, Donnalyn and Rick Adams. (1990) !%@:: A 107 Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing and Networks, 108 (second edition) 284 p. O'Reilly & Assoc. Inc. 109 Sebastopol, CA. 111 LaQuey, Tracy L. (1990) User's Directory of Computer 112 Networks, 653 p. Digital Press, Bedford, MA. 114 Quarterman, John S. (1990) The Matrix: Computer 115 Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide, 746 p. 116 Digital Press, Bedford, MA. 118 4. Introducing the Internet Protocols 120 Comer, Douglas E. (1991) Internetworking With TCP/IP: 121 Volume I, Principles, Protocols, and Architecture, (second 122 edition). 547 p. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 124 * Hedrick, Charles L. (1987) "Introduction to the 125 Internet Protocols," 34 p. Rutgers University Computer 126 Science Facilities Group, Piscataway, NJ. 128 5. Newsletters and journals 130 ConneXions--the Interoperability Report. Advanced 131 Computing Environments, 480 San Antonio Rd., Suite 132 100, Mountain View, CA 94040. 134 Electronic Networking: Research, Applications and 135 Policy. Meckler, Westport, CT. 137 Internet Society News. Internet Society, 1895 Preston 138 White Dr. Suite 100, Reston, VA 22091. 140 Research and Education Networking. Meckler, Westport, 141 CT. 143 * Link Letter. Merit Network, Inc., 2901 Hubbard, Pod-G, 144 Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (bimonthly: electronic and hard-copy, 145 no charge). 147 Matrix News. Matrix Information and Directory 148 Services, 120 S. Capitol of Texas Highway, Bldg. 2, 149 Suite 300, Austin, TX 78746 (monthly). 151 NSF News. NSF Network Service Center, BBN Systems and 152 Technologies, 10 Moulton St., Cambridge, MA 02138 153 (quarterly, no charge). 155 6. Further Reading 157 * Bowers, K. L. et al. (1990) "FYI on Where to Start: A 158 Bibliography of Internetworking Information," 42 p. 159 (RFC 1175/FYI 3). 161 Stoll, Clifford. (1989) The Cuckoo's Egg. Doubleday: 162 New York. 164 Getting Articles On-Line 166 All the documents marked with an asterisk (*) in this bibliography 167 are available on-line at no charge if you have access to the 168 Internet. To find out more about accessing documents in 169 introducing.the.internet, send electronic mail to nis- 170 info@nic.merit.edu with the text: send access.guide. If you know how 171 to use Anonymous FTP, you can get the Access Guide from one of 172 several sites, including nic.merit.edu, nic.mr.net, ftp.nisc.sri.com, 173 or ftp.hawaii.edu. Check the directory introducing.the.internet for 174 the file titled access.guide. The Access Guide includes information 175 about obtaining documents through dial-up service using a modem for 176 those who do not have direct Internet access. 178 In addition to the listed publications, many network providers 179 publish excellent user guides and newsletters which cover Internet 180 topics. Contact your Internet network service provider for more 181 information. Several new commercial books are scheduled for release 182 which are aimed at new users of the Internet. A longer bibliography 183 with more comprehensive references and abstracts, FYI 3, is listed 184 above for those who may need more detailed materials. 186 Security Considerations 188 Security issues are not discussed in this memo. 190 Authors' Addresses 192 Ellen S. Hoffman 193 Merit Network, Inc. 194 2901 Hubbard, Pod G 195 Ann Arbor, MI 48109 197 Phone: (313) 936-3000 198 E-mail: ellen@merit.edu 200 Lenore Jackson 201 NASA Ames Research Center 203 Phone: (202) 434-8954 204 E-mail: jackson@nsipo.arc.nasa.gov